> I join this opinion based on the facts that this (EMC2) project has a > long history under its current name. It's ridiculous to see a not > exceptionally successful company (http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=EMC) > terrorize nonprofit organization especially when the product has > absolutely nothing to do with their core business.
No comment ;) > My feeling is that their lawyers have nothing else to do, like protect > employees of their spinoff VMware etc. > > Quick search for EMC2 on Google brings LinuxCNC.org in the third place. > That's due to the fact that EMC Corp is advertising on the top. remember than in these days everyone who uses google searches can see different things shown. For me, searching for emc2, brings up our webpage in first place. But that's mainly because google knows I frequently searched and went to that page... > Google also delivers other links that one would expect to be more > "offensive" to EMC Corp lawyers than LinuxCNC open source product. > > http://www.emc2.com/ > http://www.emc2fusion.org/ > http://emc-squared.net/ > http://www.aimprogram.com/ > http://www.emc-sq.com > http://www.emc2architects.com/ > http://www.emctwo.com/ > http://www.emcsquared.com/ > http://www.emc2acne.com/ > http://www.emc2interiors.com/ > http://emc2payouts.com/ > http://www.facebook.com/pages/EMC2/174903925885899?v=info indeed, and wether EMC will pursue the change of those pages is not our concearn (they probably will eventually..) > Other (Google) Searches related to emc2: > emc2 cnc software > linux emc2 > e=mc2 > emc2 wiki > emc2 engineering > emc2 fusion > emc2 architects > emc2 bikes > > so EMC2 CNC software comes up twice in this section alone. Fact: search > for "emc2" returns more links related to LinuxCNC EMC2 on the first 3 > pages than EMC company. > > I respect LinuxCNC board decision but wonder about EMC legal department. > My guess is that generic search for their products turns up little or > nothing and they want more "free advertising". > > http://www.emc.com/about/investor-relations/faqs.htm > Q: What does "EMC" stand for? > A: The founders of EMC are Richard Egan and Roger Marino, the "E" and > "M" behind the naming of EMC. "EMC Corporation" is the Company's full > name. > > So they were sitting on the fact, and did nothing, all these years that > a nonprofit org openly used EMC2 (Enhanced Machine Controller 2) for the > project name. There is statue of limitation somewhere, even in the US > law one would think. Perhaps they need some http://www.emcpic.info Based on the name shared by multiple entities nothing can be done, if however one of the entities has a trademark on the name, things change pretty much (under US and under international law). > Imagine how many links are going to be broken if LinuxCNC wiki page > changes every instance of EMC2? That's censorship IMO and I'm against it. I agree with the subsequent answer by Karl: "I think it important that the names of web pages stay the same even if the names include emc, or at least put in redirects from the old page names. Otherwise links in past emails will break. Even if links in the email archives are changed, it won't change people's local email stores." Regards, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
